The City of Kansas City, Missouri, received financial plans from the four proposers who had previously responded the Request for Qualifications and Proposals to build a single terminal at Kansas City International Airport. Today’s 4 p.m. deadline was second of the current RFQ/P process, which is being administered by the city’s Procurement Division of the General Services Department.

The RFQ/P requests a financing plan that would paid for by airport revenue, with no funds coming from the City’s general fund. The City will continue to own and operate the airport.

The city’s finance team will work Friday and through the weekend to crunch the numbers so that they will be ready to provide analysis to the selection committee.

In addition to releasing the names of the proposers now, details of the proposals will be released prior to signing a final contract.

Additionally, the City Council has approved a resolution enabling more council members to observe the procurement selection committee interviews, while not creating a quorum. This will increase public oversight for the terminal RFQ/P selection process.

Following the submittal of financing details, the next step in the city’s procurement process is for a selection committee to evaluate the proposals and to select one. The proposals will be reviewed by a six-person selection committee established by ordinance. Non-voting participants include industry experts, the City’s finance and legal teams, outside counsel and city council members.

An announcement of the selected proposer is expected the week of August 14.

Following the selection, a Memorandum of Understanding will be developed between the City and the preferred proposer. The MOU will provide a framework of the project’s details. The MOU will require a vote by the City Council.

The City Council is separately considering ordinances that would establish language for the Nov. 7 ballot. The Council’s Airport & Finance and Governance Joint Committee is holding public meetings to consider these ordinances.

To appear on the November ballot, an ordinance must be approved by the City Council by Aug. 24. A final contract between the City and the preferred proposer cannot be signed without voter approval of a terminal redevelopment.

BACKGROUND:

The selection committee will consider whether the proposals meet criteria established in Exhibit L of the Terminal Modernization Program at an expected cost of $964 million in 2015 dollars.

The RFQ/P asks for proposals that:

Design, build and finance a 750,000 square foot terminal

Provide at least 6,500 spaces in a parking garage adjacent to the terminal

Include 35 gates, and is expandable to 42 gates

Reflect the design approved by airlines in 2016

Utilize local construction workers and pays prevailing wages

Meet or exceed the City’s MBE/WBE goals as well as workforce development or job training for local workers

Ensure the City retains ownership and operation of the airport

Include 1% of the cost dedicated to the arts

Other convenience factors would include a two-level roadway that separates arriving and departing passengers to lessen congestion at the curb, as well as a new baggage handling system and a TSA-compliant security checkpoint.

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT:

The city has been considering terminal redevelopment for many years. In May 2014, after almost a year of research and public input, the Mayor’s Airport Terminal Advisory Group recommended a new single terminal as the best option for KCI’s future, rather than renovating the existing terminals. In April 2016, the airlines reached the same conclusion, asking the city to build a single terminal that would be paid back through airport revenue.

In 2017, the City Council’s Joint Committee studying this issue has so far held four public hearings, listening to almost eight hours of public comment. This is in addition to the 43 Listening Sessions conducted by the Aviation Department citywide to hear feedback from residents and airport users.
Additionally, the city is accepting public comment through KCMOmentum, our online town hall..

More information about the terminal development process is available on the new KCI page on KCMO.gov.

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